ASH15 Preview on Aggressive Lymphomas
Aggressive lymphoma… the very phrase is enough to send chills down your spine!
In the past, much of the focus at previous American Society of Hematology (ASH) meetings in this area has focused on the myriad of chemotherapy regimens and dose/schedule optimisations that followed in trying to boost patient outcomes.
This year, I’m pleased to say that things have quite a different flavour with numerous new therapeutics and promising combinations in development.
Some of these are inevitably hypothesis testing, while others will be up-levelling to large randomised controlled multi-centre trials.
As part of our ongoing preview series, we take a look at the different categories to watch out for beyond chemotherapy. These include monoclonal antibodies, antibody drug conjugates, targeted therapies and yes, even immunotherapies.
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